Middle Tennessee Mysteries

Unsolved Murders

Williamson County: Peggy Cox

Jun 11, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Franklin's oldest unsolved murder has baffled police for almost 30 years because of its seemingly random nature. Fast food worker and single mother Peggy Cox was shot Fe.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

Benton County: Shelia Bradford

Jun 04, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

In January 1991, a young couple was murdered and the house where the crime occurred was burned to the ground in Benton County, Tenn. Investigators spent more than a year on a.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

Bedford County: Bobby Smelcer

May 28, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Bobby Smelcer disappeared from his home on Nov. 21, 2010. He wasn't found until April 2012 when a human skull was found in the Duck River and determined to be his. The skull.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

Stewart County: Carla Sue Atkins and Vickie Stout

May 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Carla Sue Atkins and Vickie Stout were believed to be runaways until they were found three weeks later in shallow graves in Land Between the Lakes. The sisters disappeared ar.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

What were the 'Redhead Murders?'

May 07, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

In April 1985, representatives from law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee met in Nashville to discuss the killings and dispos.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

Rutherford County: Fausto Hernandez

Apr 23, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro detectives call the killing of Fausto Hernandez a "true whodunit." Hernandez was found shot around 9:20 p.m. July 15, 2016, in a field behind a pizza place on No.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

DeKalb County: Lauren Agee

Apr 16, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Lauren Agee thought her weekend would be filled with wakeboarding, cliff diving and partying. But it ended with her floating facedown in Center Hill Lake. Agee was camping wi.... Read More

Missing Persons

Rutherford County: Devin Bond

Apr 02, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

On the morning of March 31, 2017, Devin Bond's little brother walked into his room to see why his brother wasn't up yet. Instead of finding the 16-year-old sleepin.... Read More

Unsolved Murders

Bedford County: Shelley Mook

Mar 19, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Shelley Lynn Jones Mook was last seen around 3:30 Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, when she left work at Harris Middle School in Shelbyville, Tenn. and went to her ex-husband's house to.... Read More

Missing Persons

Montgomery County: Lucy Meadows

Mar 06, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

July 1996 was a terrifying month for parents in Middle Tennessee. During those dog days of summer, three young girls were kidnapped or disappeared. Two of those crimes remain.... Read More